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88 - Graham Oppy: Ontological Arguments and the Existence of God

88 - Graham Oppy: Ontological Arguments and the Existence of God

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Graham Oppy is Professor of Philosophy at Monash University.
Before that, he did his undergraduate work in Melbourne and his
graduate work at Princeton. Though Graham is best known as a
philosopher of religion, he has also published on the philosophy
of math, language, aesthetics, and more. In this episode,
Robinson and Graham begin by discussing the nature of argument:
What makes an argument successful? What’s a good argument? How
should we think about arguments in areas of deep disagreement?
They then move on to a discussion of ontological arguments in the
philosophy of religion, where one argues for the existence of
god—or gods—without any prior assumptions.

Ontological Arguments:
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ontological-arguments/

Majesty of Reason: https://www.youtube.com/@MajestyofReason

OUTLINE

00:00 In This Episode…

00:40 Introduction

05:04 Graham and the Philosophy of Religion

11:45 Arguments

14:12 What Makes a Good Argument?

38:00 How to Talk Around Deep Disagreement

48:23 How Arguments Vary Across Disciplines

56:13 Ontological Arguments for the Existence of God

01:31:29 Cosmological Arguments

Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com

Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of
mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations
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